Potholes across North Lincolnshire are set to be fixed over the next few weeks as part of a £49 million council investment programme to transform the area’s roads in the next four years.

North Lincolnshire Council bosses say the authority's teams will be out in force to repair damage to the roads as part of the scheme, which includes an additional £645,000 from the Government’s pothole challenge fund available in the current financial year.

The council says the money is being spent on repairing potholes and making our roads better and safer for all.

Highway Officers are continuing routine inspections and any defects are categorised and programmed for repair. In addition, any reported potholes are being inspected and categorised.

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Operational Teams are continuously deployed on emergency pothole repairs across North Lincolnshire and this is taking priority over other programmed works.

Whilst the council attempt to undertake repairs in a timely manner, there are certain areas where delays may occur owing to the need to protect both the workforce and travelling public and introduce formal traffic management to allow the repairs to be completed safely.

North Lincolnshire Council workmen repair a pothole on the junction of Park Avenue and Eton Drive, Bottesford

Next week (from Monday, March 13), pothole crews will be out in the following areas:

Gunness, Epworth, Haxey, Owston Ferry areas

Ashby and Bottesford wards

Frodingham and Ferry wards

Kingsway, Lincoln Gardens, West Cliff areas

East Area – various locations including Brigg, Cadney and Howsham

Councillor Richard Hannigan, cabinet member for safer, greener and cleaner places at North Lincolnshire Council, said: "We are investing more than ever to improve North Lincolnshire's roads, with £49m allocated in our recent budget to deliver the significant transformation of our local highways over the next few years.

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Mr Dakin said: "I am delighted that the council is responding to my campaign for tackling potholes and pavements and roads locally.

"It is important that they do proper repairs that last and not just make the matter worse.

"I will be listening to what local people tell me."

Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin

Paul McCartan, who set up the Potholes North Lincs Facebook page, said: "It is very clear to people in North Lincolnshire that the council in chasing fancy multi-million pound schemes have taken their eye off the ball with the basics and allowed the roads to fall into a shocking state.

"Following lots of comments from residents, I set up the PotHoles North Lincs page on Facebook with two main aims - to raise awareness of potholes for people so they knew which roads were now a danger and to put pressure on North Lincolnshire Council to take action to start fixing the roads.

"I encourage the council to use the page to help identify problem areas and following the announcement of more money for pothole repairs, this is very welcome. The proof will be when the headline goes that the roads are repaired, and repaired well not as a cheap fix

"I would encourage all to get on the Facebook page and add any updates they know off."

The local authority has released the following facts about filling potholes:

It takes around 20 minutes to fill in a pothole from start to finish.

Traffic management is put in place first (cones and signs for the odd pothole; up to a full road closure for more major work) to make the road safe.

On less busy roads, the section of road is cut out, any loose material removed, repaired with new tarmac and compacted.

On average, the crews fill 20 to 30 potholes a day depending on the size and location.

Potholes have to be a certain depth to be repaired.

Programmed permanent repairs are carried out using a machine to resurface larger areas.